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to the imkettoky ttiterctpted and re&ivtd at london continued from our iajt â– buonapap.te'a dispa'j c l"es september 2t tm port a at detection ot war but a ftraw m:it and twonrthree e.artheh pots in general tliey eat but few things they do not know the ufe of wind-mills fo rhsr we have conftintly immc n quan tities of grain without any fl mr the f.nili quantity of grain which rhey con vert to flour they bruit'e with ft.inis and in tome if rite larje village they have mills which are turned by oxen " we b_ve been continually harrailed bv the arabs who are tlie gveitett rob bers ind tiie gruatell villains on earth afl'liilitt ting the turks as well as the french aud all who tall into tilt ir hands the general of brigade mureur and fe vcral other aids de cÂ»mp and officers of the etnt.maj r have been jiflaffiruited by theie wt-etebvs c wealed behind ditehew or in tranches upon their excellent little f.orfe unfortunate ir is for him tliarftray oo paces from the column cep vlu reur nntwithltanding tie rrprcfentations ofthe great precaution necedary to be oh lerved by a iatali.y winch i have often remarked to accom any men arrived at their laft hour was defirous to afcend a lor.o a little eminence about zoo paces from the camp behind ii were three be douins who alfalfiiia.i 1 iiimi tiie repub lic has in htm cullained a real lols he w .:; o of the bra veil generals lever knew here is in this country very lit tle money a great deal of corn rice ve getables and cattle the republic could not have a colony of more c.tpiieiry r richer foil i lie climate is very healthy oa-ing i ibe lre.hiie;s ot the nights â€” n-'t w ilut nidi i days of nurcliing fatigues oi every kind ihe abfoliue'want ot vine and every thing clfe to adeviare fatigue we have had no ficknefs he foldicrs have found great refources in a kind of water melons which are in gre t abundance signed buonaparte in a other letter dated mead quar xets cairo auguit i ;, after givi a.i account of feverai ikirmifhes wiui the a jabs the particulars of which are not vc ry intereiting he fays : " on the 6th of july i wrote to rhe ad miral to enter the port of alexandria in 24 hours ; and if that was not practicable to land immediately ali tlfe artillery a.u lto.es belonging to tie army and retur.i to corfu 1 then left alexandria in hill atlura.ice thar in three days one of thefe meafuves would have been adopted from that to the a 4.1 h 01 j u v , 1 received no intelligence whatever either from rofc 1 ta or alexandria a inu 1 11 lude of arab collecting irom all p.ir:s ot the deferr leeprconltantly within live hundred roifes 01 the camp " o.i ti.e 27th at length the report of our victorie and ditt'ereot pofitions opened our o.n ii-iiicatious i received fcyeral letters irom tlie admiral wnen f learned with i.toni-hment that he re mained itill ai 1 uliii j ihcil iv role i i him again that he mult not lofe an hour but either enter the port of alexandria or r turn to c.riu the admiral had written to me ci the 20th juiy that fe vctji englifh frigates were cone to re connoitre and that he was lortuyi.'gi.i.n felf in expectation of the enemy at abou kir this itrange rcfolution tilled me with the molt lively alarms but ti time was loll for me letter ot the 201 . did not reach me unti the 30th o the fame month englifh fquadron hedlfparched an officer to apprife me of hisdifpofitions and plans this officer perifhed on the road it teem ed to me that admiral brueys was unwil ling to return to corfu before he had af . certained the practicability of entering the port of aiexaujria and that the ar my ot which he 1,a d received intelligence for a long time was in a pofition in which it would not be obliged to retreat if in tiiis calamitous event he was to blame he has expiated his tauitsby a glorious death the deltinies have been deftroiis to prove on this occafion as on fo many others that it itoey grant usa great preponderance on the continent ihey have given the empire of the teas h oor rivals ; bttt however great this reverse it is not to be attributed to the ficklenef of fonune she has not yet abandoned us far from it ; fhe has favoured us in the whole ex jean bon st andre late fren h rrft dent at smyrna was this day with hi fuite brought here ajjd lodged in the calte of tne feven towers among his papers was found a plan for revolution ing the ottoman empi re in confequenee pftiiis 30,000 men are ordered to certain , places where french politics have been " favoured thiftv feven cannons were found in the palace francaife lately occu pied by the french minuter at conltanti nople but now converted into a prifon where even the emigrant french who have taken an oath of fidelity to the graiic ici^nior ate eonfiueec -.Â»â€¢-â€¢â– hamburgh oftober 8 a.l vices from florence of september 14 lay that the f.ench have entered ihe neapolitan dominions in an hoftile man ner though without a formal declaration ot war we learn from paris under dare of september 28 that the turkifh miniflcr was that day arretted and thrown into he temple oftober 13 we hear that beiides the aigrette given by the grand feignior to admiral i^eijon he has ordered a rich preterit to evety britiln officer in the aftion of the ni'15 and 80,000 dÂ»ila:s to be diltributed a mong the failors the confidence of the grand feignior is fo great in his new friends the ruffians that he vifited thecommander ofthe fleet before constantinople on board bis ip incognito 1'hc ruffians were at firlt joafh to enter the city of conftantinople but they are now every day ecn walking arm in arm with the turks oftober 18 the french with 8000 men from swit zerland have entered the aultrian territo ry and already comrhi.ed fome excelfes it is faid the emperor conftders this a the aftual re-commencement of hoftili ties th6 crews ef eight french fhips in the harbour of conftantinople have been made prisoners of war oftober it a new paper on the fubjeft of the pend ing negotiation was prefented by the au irian envoy at raitadt on the 1 8th inf it was fhort and does not appear to acce lerate peace in fine the indications of the recommencement of hoftilitie en creafe daily the deputation of the empire at the congrefs of raftadt have demanded that hamburgh bremen luneck c be ex empted irom all duties on the rhine the french have demanded the reafou of the march of a ruffian army through the german territory ; and were anfwered that they were not anthorifed to make any explanation on that fubjeft an ex traordinary coolnefs has commenced :â€” each feems to wait the others hiking the firlt blow to avoid the odium el the re newal of war london oftober 18 extracl of a letter from an o/fier ofthe yfinguurd addrefled to his jijler at bath dateu off the mouth of the a tit auguft 13 " 1 be admiral is in a fairway of re covery â€” though there will be a lar^e fear in his h rehe d â€” but an hoi 101 able one moll ot our french prrrt-s to gether with lonie of our own flips leave us this slay for gibraltar or li g l.md v e remain here a few weeks lo jrer with five fail of the line to crude off alexandria â€” afrer which we go ro naph s to relit 1 he admiral talks of feeing h.ng.and in a few months " we hive takan buonaparte's dif patches which the admiral informs nie are cf ihe utmott importance â€” he and tbe wi.wle anny willi cbemi'elves Â«â€¢ i difpatched citizen julien my aid de camp with order not to leave abou kir until he had een the fcjuadron under fail on the z6th the admiral wrote to me that the englifh had retired which m afure he attributed to the want of pro vifions i received this letter the 30th by the fame courier the 29th he wrote to me that he had at length heard or the victory of the pyramids and the taking of cairo and found a palfage or enter ng the p irt of alexandria the letter 1 re ceived the cth of auguit on the night of the ill ot auguit the englifh attacked him oil the moment he perceived 1 the ; - lition in a degree fu palling all her for mer efforts when i arrived before alex andria and learned that the englifh had been there a tew days before with a fit perior forte notwithftanding the tecnpef tu ufuefs of the weather 1 threw myfclf on bore at the tilk of being wrecked i remember at tlie moment when prepara tions were nuking tor landing there as a lignal in the offing of an enemy's fail ii was the ju.hce from malta i ex claimed 'â€¢ fortune would you abandon me only five days i marched all ni^ht ; at break of day i attacked alex andria with three thcufand harr fled men without cannon and nearly without car tikigc and in f days i became malter ol kofetta of oemenhour ; that is to fay 1 xn already eitabiifhed in egypt " for thele five days was the fqtladron fheltered from the enemy however great might be their number . far from it it r mail ed re expofed during the remain der ol the month of jul it received from rofetta about the 20th of that month a fupply of rii c tor two months the kngiiih in fuperior force were for ten da s 111 thefe parts un the if th july it received intelligence of our entire pof feffiot of egypt and our entry info cairo and it was only after fortune faw that all her favours were become of no further ufe rh,,t ihe abandoned our fleet to its de itiny 1 i'alute you buonaparte a letter from general berthier of the fame date 1 f j rl 1 auguft gives an account of buona parte having e.tab.iihcd an en trenched camp at four leagues from cai ro which kept in check the force of mu rÂ»t bey general leelerc who commands 4.000 men was attacked by a body of men as well mamelukes as arabs whom he re pulfed further d'tjpatchei not rime t hand constantinople sept 18 an expedition againft thefonth of france in retaliation lor the invafion of egypt is contemplated our court is to tur.aih 3o,oc:i me the ruffian and turkifh fleets late in our waters prefented the grander fpeftacle evcr feen in this city and it is conjec tured this armament has for its obje.t the poffeltions ot the french in the adriatic aid tyrrhenian feas and the gulph of gen a the places particularly contem plated are ancona cevitta techia c and til city of genoa in which he turks expect to lind great booty before the ruffian fleet failed admiral uu.chakrow received difpatches from his court at st pcteifburg upon which he had a long con ferenec wiih the iriniitry the gieareft degree of union and fecrecy prevails be tweeu the ruffian and englifh mimilcrs and our divan ; and the former arc even prefentin the private councils on our in ternal itate of affairs the entry of the french in fgypt has drawn thecouls of friendlbip between us and k.d'u more clofe " the columns of attack of gen ron advanced by the brave gen ramp.in threw themfelves into the entrenchm.-.its with their ufual impetuofity notwjth itanding the lire of a great quantity of artillery when the mameludes charjjed them tftey went out of then cntreneh fhents a full gallop our columns had time to halt and to form a front to oppole them on all fides and to receive then with tbe bayonet and a bower of balls at the fame inftant the field of battle a.is ftrewed with the flaiii our troops foon carried the entrenchments thfe mame lukes in their flight precipitated them selves in crowds on the left but gen vial was pofted to receive them a battalion of carabineers under tvhofe fire they were obliged to pafs made a dreadful laughter of them a great number threw them fel-vcs inro the niie and avam off " more than 400 camels loaded with baggage arid 50 pieces of artillery fell into our power i eltimate the lot's ofthe mamelukes at 2000 men the choice of their cavalry great part of the hey were killed or wounde.il murat bey w . wounded in the cheek our ols am u.n to 10 or 30 killed and no wounded â€” during the night the city ot cairo whs evacuated ail iheir armed hoops cor vettes brigs and even a frigate wore burnt on the 4th our troops entered cairo in the night the populace burnt hc houfes of the bdy and committed many excefles cairo which contains more than 3oo ; oo3 iriuabita.-t has the xnott abandoned populace in the world " after the great number or battles which the troops i command had gained over fuperior forces i thought it not pru dent to praife their continence and fan froid on tins occafion ; for truly this new kind of warfare required on their pari a degree of patience forming a ftrong contrail with french impetuofity if they had abandoned themfelves to their lu.l ardour they would not havegaine i a vic tory which was only to be obtained by the greateft coolnefs and patience the cavalry of the mamelukes flic wed great bravery they defended their fortunes for there was not one of them on whom our fofdters did not find three four and five hundred louis d'ors " all the luxury of thefe people con fifted in their hories and arms their houfes are wretched it is difficult to find a country more fertile or a people more miferable more ignorant and more itu pitt they prefer a button ofourfoldiers to a crown of fix francs value in the vil lage they do not evpn know the ufe of a pair of fcilfats they have no movables general in chief to the french di buolvaiwrte member of the national inftiicire rectory head-oji.irters cairo 6th thermulor 6th year 24th july v citizen direct rs '*â€¢ i feifced the moment and ordered ehe divifion of general ann who was up on the nile to proceed to the attack of he entrenchments and general vral who commanded the divifion ot gci â€¢ mct to to proceed between che body of troops which had ckarged him and the entrench ments in order to accomplith this triple bjecl to prevent the body of troips from re entering the entrenchments ; 10 cut off the retreat of thofe who occupied them ; and laftly if it hould be neceffary to attack the entrenchmenr on the left " the inftant generals vial and hon advanced ttiey ordered the fiiitand third divifions of each battalion to range in co jumns for the attack while the fecoud and fourth preferved the fame poiition forming always a battalion 4 deep and advanced to maintain the columns ot at tack fv0l i.j the newbern gazette rwtimb 44 a Â£ iv 11 e h n nortm-carouka :) peiir io j o h n c q s b o * m * c s a t u r.d a y tebrttjrr *, 1799

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to the imkettoky ttiterctpted and re&ivtd at london continued from our iajt â– buonapap.te'a dispa'j c l"es september 2t tm port a at detection ot war but a ftraw m:it and twonrthree e.artheh pots in general tliey eat but few things they do not know the ufe of wind-mills fo rhsr we have conftintly immc n quan tities of grain without any fl mr the f.nili quantity of grain which rhey con vert to flour they bruit'e with ft.inis and in tome if rite larje village they have mills which are turned by oxen " we b_ve been continually harrailed bv the arabs who are tlie gveitett rob bers ind tiie gruatell villains on earth afl'liilitt ting the turks as well as the french aud all who tall into tilt ir hands the general of brigade mureur and fe vcral other aids de cÂ»mp and officers of the etnt.maj r have been jiflaffiruited by theie wt-etebvs c wealed behind ditehew or in tranches upon their excellent little f.orfe unfortunate ir is for him tliarftray oo paces from the column cep vlu reur nntwithltanding tie rrprcfentations ofthe great precaution necedary to be oh lerved by a iatali.y winch i have often remarked to accom any men arrived at their laft hour was defirous to afcend a lor.o a little eminence about zoo paces from the camp behind ii were three be douins who alfalfiiia.i 1 iiimi tiie repub lic has in htm cullained a real lols he w .:; o of the bra veil generals lever knew here is in this country very lit tle money a great deal of corn rice ve getables and cattle the republic could not have a colony of more c.tpiieiry r richer foil i lie climate is very healthy oa-ing i ibe lre.hiie;s ot the nights â€” n-'t w ilut nidi i days of nurcliing fatigues oi every kind ihe abfoliue'want ot vine and every thing clfe to adeviare fatigue we have had no ficknefs he foldicrs have found great refources in a kind of water melons which are in gre t abundance signed buonaparte in a other letter dated mead quar xets cairo auguit i ;, after givi a.i account of feverai ikirmifhes wiui the a jabs the particulars of which are not vc ry intereiting he fays : " on the 6th of july i wrote to rhe ad miral to enter the port of alexandria in 24 hours ; and if that was not practicable to land immediately ali tlfe artillery a.u lto.es belonging to tie army and retur.i to corfu 1 then left alexandria in hill atlura.ice thar in three days one of thefe meafuves would have been adopted from that to the a 4.1 h 01 j u v , 1 received no intelligence whatever either from rofc 1 ta or alexandria a inu 1 11 lude of arab collecting irom all p.ir:s ot the deferr leeprconltantly within live hundred roifes 01 the camp " o.i ti.e 27th at length the report of our victorie and ditt'ereot pofitions opened our o.n ii-iiicatious i received fcyeral letters irom tlie admiral wnen f learned with i.toni-hment that he re mained itill ai 1 uliii j ihcil iv role i i him again that he mult not lofe an hour but either enter the port of alexandria or r turn to c.riu the admiral had written to me ci the 20th juiy that fe vctji englifh frigates were cone to re connoitre and that he was lortuyi.'gi.i.n felf in expectation of the enemy at abou kir this itrange rcfolution tilled me with the molt lively alarms but ti time was loll for me letter ot the 201 . did not reach me unti the 30th o the fame month englifh fquadron hedlfparched an officer to apprife me of hisdifpofitions and plans this officer perifhed on the road it teem ed to me that admiral brueys was unwil ling to return to corfu before he had af . certained the practicability of entering the port of aiexaujria and that the ar my ot which he 1,a d received intelligence for a long time was in a pofition in which it would not be obliged to retreat if in tiiis calamitous event he was to blame he has expiated his tauitsby a glorious death the deltinies have been deftroiis to prove on this occafion as on fo many others that it itoey grant usa great preponderance on the continent ihey have given the empire of the teas h oor rivals ; bttt however great this reverse it is not to be attributed to the ficklenef of fonune she has not yet abandoned us far from it ; fhe has favoured us in the whole ex jean bon st andre late fren h rrft dent at smyrna was this day with hi fuite brought here ajjd lodged in the calte of tne feven towers among his papers was found a plan for revolution ing the ottoman empi re in confequenee pftiiis 30,000 men are ordered to certain , places where french politics have been " favoured thiftv feven cannons were found in the palace francaife lately occu pied by the french minuter at conltanti nople but now converted into a prifon where even the emigrant french who have taken an oath of fidelity to the graiic ici^nior ate eonfiueec -.Â»â€¢-â€¢â– hamburgh oftober 8 a.l vices from florence of september 14 lay that the f.ench have entered ihe neapolitan dominions in an hoftile man ner though without a formal declaration ot war we learn from paris under dare of september 28 that the turkifh miniflcr was that day arretted and thrown into he temple oftober 13 we hear that beiides the aigrette given by the grand feignior to admiral i^eijon he has ordered a rich preterit to evety britiln officer in the aftion of the ni'15 and 80,000 dÂ»ila:s to be diltributed a mong the failors the confidence of the grand feignior is fo great in his new friends the ruffians that he vifited thecommander ofthe fleet before constantinople on board bis ip incognito 1'hc ruffians were at firlt joafh to enter the city of conftantinople but they are now every day ecn walking arm in arm with the turks oftober 18 the french with 8000 men from swit zerland have entered the aultrian territo ry and already comrhi.ed fome excelfes it is faid the emperor conftders this a the aftual re-commencement of hoftili ties th6 crews ef eight french fhips in the harbour of conftantinople have been made prisoners of war oftober it a new paper on the fubjeft of the pend ing negotiation was prefented by the au irian envoy at raitadt on the 1 8th inf it was fhort and does not appear to acce lerate peace in fine the indications of the recommencement of hoftilitie en creafe daily the deputation of the empire at the congrefs of raftadt have demanded that hamburgh bremen luneck c be ex empted irom all duties on the rhine the french have demanded the reafou of the march of a ruffian army through the german territory ; and were anfwered that they were not anthorifed to make any explanation on that fubjeft an ex traordinary coolnefs has commenced :â€” each feems to wait the others hiking the firlt blow to avoid the odium el the re newal of war london oftober 18 extracl of a letter from an o/fier ofthe yfinguurd addrefled to his jijler at bath dateu off the mouth of the a tit auguft 13 " 1 be admiral is in a fairway of re covery â€” though there will be a lar^e fear in his h rehe d â€” but an hoi 101 able one moll ot our french prrrt-s to gether with lonie of our own flips leave us this slay for gibraltar or li g l.md v e remain here a few weeks lo jrer with five fail of the line to crude off alexandria â€” afrer which we go ro naph s to relit 1 he admiral talks of feeing h.ng.and in a few months " we hive takan buonaparte's dif patches which the admiral informs nie are cf ihe utmott importance â€” he and tbe wi.wle anny willi cbemi'elves Â«â€¢ i difpatched citizen julien my aid de camp with order not to leave abou kir until he had een the fcjuadron under fail on the z6th the admiral wrote to me that the englifh had retired which m afure he attributed to the want of pro vifions i received this letter the 30th by the fame courier the 29th he wrote to me that he had at length heard or the victory of the pyramids and the taking of cairo and found a palfage or enter ng the p irt of alexandria the letter 1 re ceived the cth of auguit on the night of the ill ot auguit the englifh attacked him oil the moment he perceived 1 the ; - lition in a degree fu palling all her for mer efforts when i arrived before alex andria and learned that the englifh had been there a tew days before with a fit perior forte notwithftanding the tecnpef tu ufuefs of the weather 1 threw myfclf on bore at the tilk of being wrecked i remember at tlie moment when prepara tions were nuking tor landing there as a lignal in the offing of an enemy's fail ii was the ju.hce from malta i ex claimed 'â€¢ fortune would you abandon me only five days i marched all ni^ht ; at break of day i attacked alex andria with three thcufand harr fled men without cannon and nearly without car tikigc and in f days i became malter ol kofetta of oemenhour ; that is to fay 1 xn already eitabiifhed in egypt " for thele five days was the fqtladron fheltered from the enemy however great might be their number . far from it it r mail ed re expofed during the remain der ol the month of jul it received from rofetta about the 20th of that month a fupply of rii c tor two months the kngiiih in fuperior force were for ten da s 111 thefe parts un the if th july it received intelligence of our entire pof feffiot of egypt and our entry info cairo and it was only after fortune faw that all her favours were become of no further ufe rh,,t ihe abandoned our fleet to its de itiny 1 i'alute you buonaparte a letter from general berthier of the fame date 1 f j rl 1 auguft gives an account of buona parte having e.tab.iihcd an en trenched camp at four leagues from cai ro which kept in check the force of mu rÂ»t bey general leelerc who commands 4.000 men was attacked by a body of men as well mamelukes as arabs whom he re pulfed further d'tjpatchei not rime t hand constantinople sept 18 an expedition againft thefonth of france in retaliation lor the invafion of egypt is contemplated our court is to tur.aih 3o,oc:i me the ruffian and turkifh fleets late in our waters prefented the grander fpeftacle evcr feen in this city and it is conjec tured this armament has for its obje.t the poffeltions ot the french in the adriatic aid tyrrhenian feas and the gulph of gen a the places particularly contem plated are ancona cevitta techia c and til city of genoa in which he turks expect to lind great booty before the ruffian fleet failed admiral uu.chakrow received difpatches from his court at st pcteifburg upon which he had a long con ferenec wiih the iriniitry the gieareft degree of union and fecrecy prevails be tweeu the ruffian and englifh mimilcrs and our divan ; and the former arc even prefentin the private councils on our in ternal itate of affairs the entry of the french in fgypt has drawn thecouls of friendlbip between us and k.d'u more clofe " the columns of attack of gen ron advanced by the brave gen ramp.in threw themfelves into the entrenchm.-.its with their ufual impetuofity notwjth itanding the lire of a great quantity of artillery when the mameludes charjjed them tftey went out of then cntreneh fhents a full gallop our columns had time to halt and to form a front to oppole them on all fides and to receive then with tbe bayonet and a bower of balls at the fame inftant the field of battle a.is ftrewed with the flaiii our troops foon carried the entrenchments thfe mame lukes in their flight precipitated them selves in crowds on the left but gen vial was pofted to receive them a battalion of carabineers under tvhofe fire they were obliged to pafs made a dreadful laughter of them a great number threw them fel-vcs inro the niie and avam off " more than 400 camels loaded with baggage arid 50 pieces of artillery fell into our power i eltimate the lot's ofthe mamelukes at 2000 men the choice of their cavalry great part of the hey were killed or wounde.il murat bey w . wounded in the cheek our ols am u.n to 10 or 30 killed and no wounded â€” during the night the city ot cairo whs evacuated ail iheir armed hoops cor vettes brigs and even a frigate wore burnt on the 4th our troops entered cairo in the night the populace burnt hc houfes of the bdy and committed many excefles cairo which contains more than 3oo ; oo3 iriuabita.-t has the xnott abandoned populace in the world " after the great number or battles which the troops i command had gained over fuperior forces i thought it not pru dent to praife their continence and fan froid on tins occafion ; for truly this new kind of warfare required on their pari a degree of patience forming a ftrong contrail with french impetuofity if they had abandoned themfelves to their lu.l ardour they would not havegaine i a vic tory which was only to be obtained by the greateft coolnefs and patience the cavalry of the mamelukes flic wed great bravery they defended their fortunes for there was not one of them on whom our fofdters did not find three four and five hundred louis d'ors " all the luxury of thefe people con fifted in their hories and arms their houfes are wretched it is difficult to find a country more fertile or a people more miferable more ignorant and more itu pitt they prefer a button ofourfoldiers to a crown of fix francs value in the vil lage they do not evpn know the ufe of a pair of fcilfats they have no movables general in chief to the french di buolvaiwrte member of the national inftiicire rectory head-oji.irters cairo 6th thermulor 6th year 24th july v citizen direct rs '*â€¢ i feifced the moment and ordered ehe divifion of general ann who was up on the nile to proceed to the attack of he entrenchments and general vral who commanded the divifion ot gci â€¢ mct to to proceed between che body of troops which had ckarged him and the entrench ments in order to accomplith this triple bjecl to prevent the body of troips from re entering the entrenchments ; 10 cut off the retreat of thofe who occupied them ; and laftly if it hould be neceffary to attack the entrenchmenr on the left " the inftant generals vial and hon advanced ttiey ordered the fiiitand third divifions of each battalion to range in co jumns for the attack while the fecoud and fourth preferved the fame poiition forming always a battalion 4 deep and advanced to maintain the columns ot at tack fv0l i.j the newbern gazette rwtimb 44 a Â£ iv 11 e h n nortm-carouka :) peiir io j o h n c q s b o * m * c s a t u r.d a y tebrttjrr *, 1799